This week on the podcast, we talk about San Andreas (if 2012 was just in California basically) and Aloha (if Jerry Maguire was just in Hawaii basically). But really, we spent most of our time trying to figure out which Beach Boys song is the best.
Go on…San Andreas, Aloha, Movie News This Week
There’s a good, maybe even special, movie somewhere inside of Aloha, the latest Cameron Crowe offering that wants to recapture the magic of Crowe’s early, infectious work. Unfortunately, that hidden movie is quite exactly that: hidden. And it’s beneath a final product that feels harshly edited, despite being pretty confident.
Mounds of character-building scenes are replaced with conspicuous exposition and quick bits of dialogue that are meant to be “enough” for us to keep following along in this strange romantic story about a former-military privateer helping a billionaire launch a weaponized satellite. Or something. Oh, and there’s a quirky romance.